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VIRTUAL CURRENCY MEETS FINANCE IN GLITZY SWISS RESORT
Venture capitalists said so much money was now flowing into ICOs that many entrepreneurs in the space were now bypassing early VC funding... READ MORE›
ASTON MARTIN OWNERS REV UP FOR 2018 EXIT WITH LAZARD HIRE
Exclusive Aston Martin owners rev up for 2018 exit with Lazard hire... READ MORE›
TAXES ON MEAT COULD JOIN CARBON AND SUGAR TO HELP LIMIT EMISSIONS
Socially focused investors are starting to push companies to diversify into plant protein, or even suggest livestock producers use a shadow price of meat... READ MORE›
APPLE BUYS MUSIC APP SHAZAM FOR NEARLY $400 MILLION
Since the launch of the App Store, Shazam has consistently ranked as one of the most popular apps for iOS, Apple also said... READ MORE›
ITALIAN FUND DENIES SEEKING TO RAISE STAKE IN ASTON MARTIN
Because of the recent good performance of the Aston Martin business, none of the shareholders want to sell, the spokesman said... READ MORE›
DOES EUROPE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE THE NEXT GOOGLE?
Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange have not lowered their standards... READ MORE›
CARLYLE SEEKS TO RAISE $1 BILLION FOR NEW ENERGY FUND
Exclusive Carlyle seeks to raise 1 billion for new energy fund - sources... READ MORE›
BACKING BIG BROTHER CHINESE FACIAL RECOGNITION FIRMS APPEAL TO FUNDS
Its photography enhancement technology is also used by almost all of China's major smartphone manufacturers including Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi... READ MORE›
INVESTMENTS BY SOFTBANK'S HUGE VISION FUND COULD SHAKE UP TECH WORLD
SoftBank Group Corp. is sending tremors through the tech world with a massive new venture capital fund for investing in startups that is expected to domina... READ MORE›
INVESTORS BINGE ON CHINA'S APPETITE FOR HEALTHIER SNACK FOODS
By Farah Master and Donny Kwok HONG KONG Reuters - Chinese venture capital and private equity funds are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into... READ MORE›
CHINA'S RAGING FINTECH BOOM ON VERGE OF MINTING TWO BILLIONAIRES
China's booming fintech industry is on the verge of adding two new billionaires to the world's most powerful wealth engine... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Venture Capital
BILL GATES AND RICHARD BRANSON BACK STARTUP THAT GROWS 'CLEAN MEAT'
'Clean Meat' To date, Memphis Meats has raised 22 million, signaling a commitment to the clean-meat movement, the company said... READ MORE›
BILL GATES AMONG RICH INDIVIDUALS BACKING $1 BILLION ENERGY FUND
Two venture capitalists who have invested in clean energy startups... READ MORE›
OH SNAP! SILICON VALLEY SCHOOL MAKES $24M OFF OF INVESTMENT
St. Francis High School launched the fund in 1990 at the urging of two of the many venture capitalists with children attending the school... READ MORE›
HOW THE SKIMM BECAME A MUST-READ FOR MILLENNIALS
There was no news source geared to them, Weisberg says, sitting on a sofa at Skimm headquarters in Manhattan's Flatiron neighborhood... READ MORE›
RICH ASIAN MILLENNIALS POOL FAMILY FORTUNES TO BUILD VENTURE FUND
One of Rachel Lau's strongest childhood memories is the smell of newspaper... READ MORE›
BITCOIN STARTUP COUNTS ON VISA TO TAKE IT INTO REAL WORLD
The card now supports eight digital currencies, including the lesser-known dash and augur, and aims to offer about 11 of them by the end of the year... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN AND GOOGLE ARE AMONG THE MOST ACTIVE BLOCKCHAIN INVESTORS
Blockchain companies fail at a higher rate than tech startups in other areas, CB Insights found... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN TOPS BANKS BETTING ON A NEW TYPE OF HEDGING
Goldman Sachs has invested in about 15 so-called fintech firms focusing on capital markets businesses this year, while JPMorgan has bet on nine, the report shows... READ MORE›
THESE DIGITAL TOKENS ARE MAKING BITCOIN'S HUGE RALLY LOOK TAME
Tech startups are increasingly selling coins that can be used on their projects instead of resorting to traditional financing methods such as venture capital... READ MORE›
AS TWITTER INTRODUCES PERISCOPE TECH TITANS BET ON LIVE STREAMING VIDEO
On Thursday, during a fire at an apartment building in the East Village, numerous Twitter users live-streamed the event with Periscope and Meerkat... READ MORE›
AFTER TRUMP: TECHIES 'BOOMERANG' TO MIDWEST TO SPREAD WEALTH
Also boomeranging back are Midwesterners who moved to Silicon Valley for that big tech job... READ MORE›
DEAR UBER THAT RECORD FUNDING MEANS DIDI IS COMING FOR YOU
Didi Chuxing is a four-and-half-year-old app, which is used to hail more than 20 million rides daily in Chinese cities... READ MORE›
PETER THIEL'S POLITICS BECOME A DEAL-KILLER IN SILICON VALLEY
The divisions over Peter Thiel and his support for Donald Trump are deepening in Silicon Valley... READ MORE›
WHY THE CHINESE WILL PAY FOR CONTENT THAT AMERICANS WON'T
In China, we don't really talk about advertising-supported models, whether it's on PC or mobile, says Jenny Lee, a venture capitalist at GGV... READ MORE›
THE TECH BUBBLE DIDN'T BURST THIS YEAR. JUST WAIT
That pitch was enough to get going, says Roelof Botha, a partner with VC firm Sequoia Capital... READ MORE›
IN ELLEN PAOS SUIT VS KLEINER PERKINS WORLD OF VENTURE CAPITAL IS UNDER MICROSCOPE
Doerr agreed that the percentage of female venture capitalists was pathetic... READ MORE›
SILICON VALLEY VCS ARE GROWING WARY OF ON-DEMAND DELIVERY
Several prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists said in interviews that they now believe many delivery startups could fail, leaving investors with big losses... READ MORE›
SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL SHAKES INSULAR, INFLUENTIAL VENTURE CAPITAL WORLD
Venture capital firms have been called on to make sweepingA changes in the demographics of their investing partners and of the company founders they back... READ MORE›
SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL SHAKES INSULAR, INFLUENTIAL VENTURE CAPITAL WORLD
Venture capital firms have been called on to make sweepingA changes in the demographics of their investing partners and of the company founders they back... READ MORE›
BIG INVESTORS ARE FINDING RIPE START-UP TARGETS IN EUROPE
Now the German venture capitalist is doubling-down on Europe's tech sector... READ MORE›
BITCOIN TUMBLES ON REPORT CHINA TO SHUTTER DIGITAL CURRENCY EXCHANGES
Greg Dwyer, business development manager at crypto-currency trading platform BitMEX, said there was confusion over whether China would close bitcoin exchanges following the ICO ban... READ MORE›
RICH ASIAN CLANS ARE POURING MONEY INTO TECH STARTUPS
Started in Thailand as a textile trading operation in 1905, the business is now a conglomerate spanning retailing, real estate, logistics and hospitality... READ MORE›
CHINA JUST BECAME THE GAMES INDUSTRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
The global games industry will generate revenue of an estimated 109 billion in 2017, of which 42 percent will come from mobile titles... READ MORE›
BINARY IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS LATEST FUND AFTER CO-FOUNDER MISCONDUCT
Binary had raised about 175 million, but very little of that money had been invested, this person said... READ MORE›
BUYOUT FUNDS IN 'SHOCK' AS SWEDISH TAX NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY
There are a lot of questions about what this really means, Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, chairman of the Swedish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, said... READ MORE›
PROTOTYPE BRINGING AFRICAN SHOPPERS TO THE GLOBAL MALL
Folayan says most choose to pick up their products at MallforAfrica's Nigerian depots, which resemble UPS Stores... READ MORE›
SNAP'S TWO CO-FOUNDERS ARE NOW WORTH $5.3 BILLION EACH AFTER IPO
Other winners from the offering included venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, whose stakes rose 904 million and 613 million respectively... READ MORE›
SECRETS TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT
After investing in more than 200 companies as a VC, many young people knock on Staenberg's door looking for a start... READ MORE›
BIKE-SHARING BOOM TRAVELS FROM CHINA TO REST OF THE WORLD
Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore has written to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, urging the NSW government to look at regulating how bikes are parked... READ MORE›
CHELSEA RESIDENTS FIGHT LANDLORD'S PLAN TO DEMOLISH SOCIAL HOUSING ESTATE
Keith Exford accused of social cleansing over his plan to evict low-income tenants from Sutton Estate to make way for private homes... READ MORE›